Window screen



-F b-' {1931. J. V. 'ABRON$KI 1,793,536

WINDOW SCREEN Filed May 22'. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Eql.

INVENTOR.

Isl-m V. Abrams k1 W ATTORNEY.

Feb. 24, 1931. J. v. ABRONSKI 1,793,536

WINDOW SCREEN Filed May 22, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I'I'IIII'I" "I,

INVENTOR J'DhnMAhrunskl ATTRNEY Patented Feb. 24, 1931 UNtTEjo star s were,

earsnrorricu JOHN v. ABRoNs'Ki, F PIT N, NEW JERSEY V w mnow sonnmr Original application filed October 10,

to conform with misalignments in'the win dow frame.

The invention for holding wire cloth or the like "in fa window opening having associated with the various parts thereof strips of metal, bent in a manner .to hold and stretch screen materialthereto andproviding a slide or side z lfiange which may be sheared olf to compensate for misalignment in the window frame resulting from the settling of the building 'or from other similar causes; the holding'members and the compensating flange being formed integrally with a body portion. These metal strips may constitute theframe members themselves or may comprise a sheathing for fillermembers constituting the other side of the body portion'16 is a therewith the frame members.

In the drawings Figure 1 illustrates a wlndow frame representing the same as beingout of plumb with i a window screen made in accordance with the present lnvent on posltloned therein, a Figure 2 1s av section on the l1ne 2-2 of Figure lshowing the connection of a side frame member to the slideway in the window 7 frame, v :Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of the screen material to the top and bottom rails of the screen frame; Figures 2 and 3 are on an enlarged scale compared with Figure 1,

Figure 4 shows the manner of connecting the screen material to top and bottom frame members made entirely of a metal strip, and

Figure 5 is a similar construction for the side frame members, these views showing the 1 structures fragmentarily and showing the i construction thereof; Figures and 5 are on 1927, Serial No. 225, 00; Divided and this a'p 1929. serial No. 365,046.

contemplates a frame 2 Figure 1 showing the manner of connecting.

further enlargedscale compared with Figures 2 and 3; V

Figuresl, 2 and 3 show one form oft-he;

screen-{construction in which there is a frame V comprised of frame'membersmof wood or plication filed May 22,

other fibrous, material covered witha metal 7 sheathing llsurrounding the ifibrous filler and adaptedas will hereinafter ,be set forth to holdthe screen 12 clamped therein,.t he. construction of the sheathing being such that thereof. The sheathing'is so constructed as to perform a plurality of functions and to provide the several parts advantageously to' the: clamping of a screen to theframe and the mounting of the framein a window casing from a single unitary sheet of material.

In the form of frameillustrated inFig-J ,ur'es 2 and 3, the fibrei'filling 10 is surround ed, as statedaboye, bya sheathing which is the securing of the screen to the frame is accompanied by a slmultaneousstretching provided with a '-fiange 13' on one edge there' of, a-portion 14 extending at right angles thereto and bent over the filler at 15' providing a body portion 16 adjacent one end of bending the material upon itself.

In spaced relation to this rib and adjacent clamping member '18 formed in the same manner. This clamping member is bendable and, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, is bent down into parallelism with thebody portion in order to clamp the screen material 12between said clamping member and the body portion. Toward the free end of the clampingmember the same may be bent upwardly, as at 19, in parallelism With'the flange 17 afterwhich it may be bent again to parallelism with the body portion 16 to overlap the flange 17 The material beyond the flange 17, pro gressing around the filler in-a clockwise direction, as-shownin Figure 2 of the drawings, is extended downwardly in contact with the filler, as shown at 20, and then rearwardly on the opposite face thereof to the body portion, as at 21, being rebent upon itself, as at I 22, to form a connection with the flange 13 referred to above. The material may then be reversely bent, as at 23, andthenndownl which is a rib or flange 17 provided by rewardly, as at 24, and laterally to form a slide flange 25.

The flange may be slidingly housed in the slideway designated as a whole at 26 which is formed by bending a further'she'et of material'upon itself in the following manner. A flange 27- isprovided at right angles to which are formed by bending the metalupon themselves a pair of spaced members.

28 and 29 forming therebet'ween a slidew'ay.

a The metal is 'then bent at right angles, as.

shown at 30, and is rebent upon itself over the end of the'fl'ange 27: providingiasurface' 31 to be secured against a bead of the" win:

dow frame.

The top and bottom rails of thew-indow frame may be similarly encased by a metal strip, as shown-in Figure f the drawings,

this strip having aflange 32form'edono-ne zoedge' thereof and" the other edge beingrebent upon itself-to overlap this flange, as shown 7 at-33.- The-metal is continued from this-portion 33 ar'ound the ed'ge of the filler 10 and downwardly, asat 34; across-the inner face are presseddownward upon't-his screen ma terial and the overhanging po'rtionsfor the flanges 17 and 33 are formed thereon. The members -25'maybecut to provide a snug fit in theslidewaysand to conform to any de-- formity of the window frame due to settling of thebuildingor other causes.

In Figures4 and 5, as-stated above, are represented top, bottom and side frame constructions in which-the member 10 is omitted. The representation in Figure 4' illustrates the top and bottom construction and consists of a sheet of metal bent upon itself to'hold the edge of the screen. Thebendingof this metal may be as follows:

lhe metal may be rebent upon itself adjacen't both edges, as shown at 37 and 38. The metal'may be bent over the raw edge of one of these-portions at "right angles there to, as show-nat- 39'and 40, t'heend of the portion'37 being connected with the portion 40 by a portion 41 lying-in parallelism with the portion 39, as clearly illustrated in the drawings. i 7

It will be noted that in this construction no raw' edges of metal areencountered as these'edges are both folded inwardly against the screen material.

A representation oft-he side frame mem-- .tratedin Figure 20f th'edrawings; V

It will be understood that the embodiments set forth hereinbeforeand shown in the topofthe-frame so as-to restuponthe flanges 17 and 33 whereuponthe clamping members nveasse hers is shown in Figure 5 which consists of a flange 42 at right angles to a body portion 43, a clamping portion 44 formed at the opposite edgeof the body portion to the flange I H overlapping the edge 47'after which it is extended: laterally of the screen frame to provide a slide flange 48;. This flange, it'will I be: noted, is cut from a much I wider flange: which be provided and is shown in dotted lines at 49, the cutting being made at such an-angle as the situation may require in order p to fitinslideways out-10fline with the verti call The slideway of a frame made in accordance with the showing in Figures 4 and" 5' may be ofithesamerharact'er as thatillusdrawings are merely illustrative. of 'th'e invention and may be changed in various detailswithout departing-froIn-tlie spirit o'f'-the'-in--- ventionhereinbefore set forth and 'herei n after claimed;

Having thus d escribedmy invent-ion, what" I claim is :V

1. A screen frame member'comp'iis-in'g inmtegrahty a fabr1c engaging ledge; and a compensating flangeadapted to be trimmed to reduce theoverall width of" the member.

2: A screen frame member comprising in integrality a fabric engaging ledge wit-h an ad acent fabr c receiving depression, and acompensating flange adapted to be trimmed to reduce the overall width' of the-inember: 3. A screen frame member COHIPIISIIIQJII integrality 'a fabric engaging ledge; and a rigid compensating; flange adapted to be trimmed to reducethe overall widthof the member. 7

4. A screen frame member comprising in integrality a fabric engaging ledge, and a" rigid flange comprising a single thickness of material adapted to be trimmed to re- V 115 5. A screen frame member comprising induce the. overall WldlZlii of the m'ember.

reduce the overall 7 6. A screen frame having upon-remote sides compensating flanges lying in some ofthe major planes of the screen and adapted to be t-rimme'd'to reduce the overall sizeof the screento required fittin-g'propor-tions:

7. A; screen frame having upon' remote' sides laterally extending compensating flanges comprising each a single thickness of mate-- rial lying insome of the majonpl'anes of the screen and adapted to be trimmed to reduce the overall size of the screen to required fitting proportions.

8. A screen frame having upon remote sides rigid compensating flanges comprising each a single thickness of material lying in some of the maj or planes of the screen and adapt-' ed to 'be trimmed to reduce the overall size of the screen to required fitting proportions. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this Specification.

' JOHN V.v ABRONSKI. 

